The Prince’s Crash

Issue No.

656-1

Date Released

20 Mar 1924

Stories in this Issue:

Story No. within this Issue: 4 / 4
Summary: [SUBTITLE]: "Exclusive pictures of HRH terrible fall at army Point to Point at Arborfield Cross. "Prince and Duke of York wish ‘Bon Voyage’ to Prince Henry - who also crashed". "The Prince was No 13. but others were as unlucky - out of 15 starters, only 3 survived to pass the post". "This picture shows how near the onlookers were to the horses". "The jumps are stiff". "The Prince’s fall". "Watch this picture carefully - did the Prince swerve to avoid some spectators?". "The 3 survivors’ desperate finish". "`Good Luck’ and a speedy recovery to our plucky Prince"." The Prince of Wales falls of his horse in Army point-to-point at Arborfield Cross.
Keywords: Royalty; Sport; Horse racing; Military
Length of story (in feet): 98

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